"Medb" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Middle Irish]

IPA: /mʲeðv/ (note: earlier, before ca. 1250), /mʲɛɣv/ (note: later, after ca. 1250) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Medb [mutation, mutation-radical], Medb [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos. Etymology templates: {{inh|mga|cel-pro|*medwā}} Proto-Celtic *medwā, {{der|mga|ine-pro|*médʰu}} Proto-Indo-European *médʰu, {{cog|mga|medb|t=intoxicating}} Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), {{der|mga|cel-pro|*medwos}} Proto-Celtic *medwos Head templates: {{head|mga|proper noun|g=f}} Medb f Inflection templates: {{mga-mutation|M|edb}}
  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle Wikipedia link: en:Medb Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Middle Irish female given names, Middle Irish given names, Irish mythology, Women
    Sense id: en-Medb-mga-name-afvGHLN~ Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
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          },
          "expansion": "Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh; Méibh\n→ English: Maeve",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh; Méibh\n→ English: Maeve"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.",
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation-radical"
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        "mutation"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mga",
          "name": "Women",
          "orig": "mga:Women",
          "parents": [
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            "Female people",
            "Feminism",
            "Gender",
            "People",
            "Ideologies",
            "Society",
            "Sociology",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Human",
            "Politics",
            "All topics",
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences",
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          ],
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        }
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        "a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle"
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          "Maeve",
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/mʲeðv/",
      "note": "earlier, before ca. 1250"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲɛɣv/",
      "note": "later, after ca. 1250"
    }
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          },
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        }
      ],
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    }
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      ]
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        "mutation"
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        "a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle"
      ],
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          "given name"
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        [
          "Maeve",
          "Maeve#English"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/mʲeðv/",
      "note": "earlier, before ca. 1250"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲɛɣv/",
      "note": "later, after ca. 1250"
    }
  ],
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}

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